Beowulf the Great, by Hayley

Hayley loved "Beowulf" probably more than any other student. At the end of the year, she took it upon herself to write a poem based on the book for this final project.

Beowulf's sword gleaming sharply
Ready to fight for what's right
His nerves anxious his heart
Throbbing with excitement
Revenge for Hrothgar and all of
The Danes
The mead-hall's walls stained
With Blood.
Is Grendel evil or judged
For his beliefs
Grendel supposedly caused the
Danes' grief.
The Christians berrating Grendel
With foul names.
Is thsi the reason why
Danes were slain?
Beowulf a brave hero
Stands tall with pride
Waiting for the vile Grendel
To arrive.
In the mead-hall he waits
In the mist of the night
For it is his destiny to win
This fight
Against good and evil
With God on his side.

Grendel came with a
Ferocious cry.
Let the games begin
And let the best man win.
So Grendel and Beowulf
Start to fight,
Beowulf with no weapons
Just his might.
Hrothgar's throne was the
Only light
That made Grendel's face
Fill with fright.
Beowulf gripped Grendel
Tight;
Grendel felt defeat
Pulse, thrive through his mind.
Beowulf put away all of
The crime
With one slash of his
Sword.
All the misery was over,
Beowulf then remembered Grendel's
Shoulder.

All the Danes felt safe,
Hrothgar stood mighty and great
As a king should.
He then rewarded Beowulf
For this good.
Gave him gold and treasures
And called the monsters
Foul.
Beowulf the great at his
Prime
And killing off those
Who comitted their crimes.
But this isn't the end
Will Beowulf the great
Live on?
Or will his life go
Wrong?